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Clement Matthews

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Clement Matthews
Personal information
Full name Clement Henry Matthews[1]
Date of birth 1889 (1889)[2]
Place of birth Falmer, England[2]
Date of death (aged 26)
Place of death Suvla Bay, Turkey
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1911 Horsham
1911–1914 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clement Henry Matthews (1889 – 15 August 1915) was an English professional footballer who played in the Southern Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.[1][3]

Personal life

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Matthews worked as a bricklayer in Horsham.[4] He served as a private in the Royal Sussex Regiment during the First World War and was shot and killed by a sniper at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 15 August 1915.[2][4] He is buried at Green Hill Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Clement Henry Matthews | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Clement Henry Matthews on Lives of the First World War
  3. ^ "Lest We Forget – The Albion's nine Great War Dead". wearebrighton.com. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b Imms, Adrian (25 April 2015). "Honouring the heroes of one of most brutal campaigns in First World War". The Argus. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Casualty Details: C H Matthews". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.